*POLICE ACADEMY* split our sides (First time watching reaction)
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Of all the guys who I thought were gonna make it, Hightower was the one. I mean, if all the cops looked like him there'd be no crime at all.
Happy January, nice dudes! We're honored to have this video be our first of the year. Today we watched Police Academy for the first time, an 80's comedy classic that's been recommended to us for a while!
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Very funny movie
You have no clue how much hope that actually gives people like me. AKA, flat ass Broke. PS: You want Actors like that? Bring me on the show. I literally can impersonate guitar riffs on the exact chord.
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Love your reactions to movies I grew up with…. They were awesome back then and are awesome to this day
Try watching ‘Airplane’ you would like it 👍
Please watch Police Academy 2. This series really kicks up a notch when Zed is introduced.
Omg I forgot Bobcat in the second one!
I personally like 3 and 4 as well, 5 was ok but def fell off after that.
Yeah, but no Harris
@@nedrini1055 true, but he'd be back soon enough. ANd Mauser was okay for one film.
@@goretog 3 and 4 are gold. But once they lost Mahoney, they lost the backbone of the series.
RIP Bubba Smith aka Hughtower, Marion Ramsay aka Hooks, David Graf aka Tackleberry, and George Gaines aka Eric Lassard.
They made this the funniest action comedy movies ever made.
RIP also to Ted Ross who played Captain Reed. Very accomplished stage actor.
Bubba Smith former Baltimore Colt.
@@disconnexionsdotcom He played the Lion in the Broadway and film versions of "The Wiz".
The actor who played George Martin aldo had died
@@karlsmith2570 for an 80's movie there are a lot of dead castmembers already...
For Winslow, they actually found him while he was performing stand up while in production for the film. When Michael grabbed a bullhorn on stage to replace his mic after the power went out and started doing sound effects they decided they NEEDED to have him in the film and wrote his part in after the fact.
And he only was to have the scene in the police station.
He wasn't unknown at the time (not that anybody said he was). I'd seen him previously in a Cheech & Chong movie and in an episode of "The White Shadow," so I knew what his special skill was, and was glad to see him get some high-level recognition in these movies.
@@DelGuy03l love that scene in Cheech and Chong the next movie when there’s him doing his sounds while an old man is laughing at the heroin junkie who keeps falling a sleep with a lit cigarette in his hand.
He did a scene in 6, City Under Siege, where he did a gag of that stand up routine. The club in the scene had lost power and he had to pacify the crowd.
@@Daedalus1701 That to me was the funniest scene in that film.
Extra credit for having the douchebag guys being named Chad and Kyle. Police Academy was ahead of its time.
L o l never caught that!
And Harris calling Copeland for Dopeland.
I mean those names were still thought of in that way back then by everyone, that's not a recent generation thing.
@@derpderpin1568 True.
@@QuayNemSorr I know, that was a nice touch. I wonder if that was the actor improvising or the script.
I like how every single person in the world would say "Hey, that's the guy from Police Academy", but you two guys say "Hey, that's the guy from Spaceballs". Love your videos, ya'll a bunch of nice dudes!
A little extra thing for you guys. During the shooting range scene notice everyone but the gun-nut Tackleberry ducks??? That is because he knows firearms so well the knew that the pump action shotgun wasn't loaded because he had not racked a new shell into the chamber thus meaning the gun was not "hot" or dangerous until he reloaded. Amazingly fine detail to get right for a comedy movie
Bubba Smith, Hightower, was truly a large man. He was a 6'7" 265 pound defensive end who played for the Baltimore Colts, Oakland Raiders, and Houston Oilers after he played for Michigan state.
Michael Winslow went into retirement for his kids after becoming a widower. He recently returned to stage decades later for America’s Got Talent, as I recall.
I caught his act a few months ago. It was fun.
Same with Rick Moranis. Stand-up guys, even though they left big shoes to fill.
-"He's so shellshocked he just can't even drive..."
-"I thought he was just an oblivious old man..."
Actually, you're both right! If you get the chance, watch the sequels. The commandant's character is a highlight in many of them!
Lassard is... amazing in sequels. So many laughs. So many, many, many wonderful moments.
The 2nd Police Academy introduces us to Captain Pete Lassard, Commandant Lassard's little brother, who's played by Howard Hesseman (RIP)
PA 5 is where Lassard shines
Neat little detail at 14:01 : Note how everyone ducked and covered when Leslie turned the gun their way. With the noticeable exception of Tackleberry, who knew that the gun wasn't pumped.
Good catch. 👍
yes i was about to mention this myself, its a good touch
Even as a kid, I couldn't understand why everyone ducked... Now as an Adult, I know, not everyone was taught basic Gun Safety.
Actually, it’s because they don’t know the most basic rules of gun safety.
Honestly I sympathize with Harris in this film with the kinds of recruits he has to train to be actual cops and Mahoney's constant antics to get thrown out only for him to suddenly pull a 180 and want to stay.
I kinda wish they had him be a lot cooler to them (but still kind of a dick) like Callahan, since he was really just doing what Hearst wanted. But he just turned out to be a petty ass by the time they brought him back in 4.
@@inarar5334 Yeah, but by the end of part 7, it was implied that Harris, more or less, stopped being a dick towards the gang. So maybe even he got some degree of character development.
@@casualenjoyer5785 oh, see, i actively try to forget about 7. 🤣
@@inarar5334 Fair enough, I guess. I thought that was worth mentioning.
@@casualenjoyer5785 oh, absolutely, I definitely had forgotten that part but as soon as you said it, I was like "ooooooh yeah." Might be where I even got the idea.
Hightower is played by Bubba Smith, who was a football player for the (then Baltimore) Colts. My dad loooooved that guy and while he probably would have seen it anyway, he definitely wanted to see him when he saw this.
Not only was he a football player, but Bubba Smith was also the number one pick in the 1967 NFL Draft. He was an excellent player until his knees gave out.
Not just a football player? THE #1 PICK IN HIS DRAFT CLASS LOL
Beat to this!
Michael Winslow was a stand-up comedian. One night, the electricity went out (as did the microphone), so Michael started doing all his sound effects as improv. The writers (or producers) of Police Academy were in the audience and knew they had to write a character for Winslow. And, the actress who played Hooks had been in a musical - Michael Jackson came backstage to meet the cast - and she decided to do an impression of Michael for her Hooks audition. :) I'm a lifelong fan of Police Academy.
Guys welcome to the police academy saga 😂
Thank you thank you happy to be on board
The blue oyster club is a standard joke in the police academy movies, it is in almost (if not all) of the movies.
and apparently a real place in Toronto where they filmed the movie
yes, it is a real club but not a gay club, if I'm not mistaken.
I miss these old-school comedies where you had an ensemble of various characters doing all sorts of wacky things. The Cannonball Run movies were great for that too.
Yes they were!
OH MAN! Yeah! These guys should totally react to the CannonBall Run!
@@sethraelthebard5459 Absolutly. Parts 1 and 2. Part 1 was Jackie Chan's first American movie.
"Don't move DIRTBAG!" one of my first ever punch the air moments as a kid.
Funfact. They did not look specificly for a sound effect guy. This actor simply showed up one day, shocked them with his talents and they changed the script to create this character for him.
The 80s was the peak decade for the great George Gaynes who made Commandant Lassard so wonderful. He was born in Finland and served in the Royal Netherlands Navy during WWII, but had no trace of any accent other than purely American. He was also an accomplished singer. Everything he appeared in was made better by his presence and his comedic skills were priceless.
Wow, I never knew any of those things about that actor. Thank you for sharing. I just remember him from these movies and the T.V. sitcom "Punky Brewster."
One of my favorite movies as a kid. The whole series I think is just a lot of fun and worth watching and continuing on with.
I remember liking the 2nd and 3rd one even more than the first one. Maybe the 4ht one was fine as well, don't remember that one much though. But once Guttenberg wasn't there anymore it went downhill.
@@The_RedVIII They kind of start running together for me to be honest, it's been a long time but I would say that 2 is the peak for me personally. Bobcat Goldthwaite for the win.
I was young but I enjoyed part 3 the most. In my opinion part 4 was a slight step downhill, but part 5 made the right move by making commandant Lessard be the focal point of the movie, it didn't bother me that much that Mahoney was gone. Stay away from parts 6 and 7.
Oh the guy who Hightower rear ends while learning to drive is the writer/director Hugh Wilson.
There's a funny story surrounding Hooks character and the voice. The actress imitated Michael Jackson who was huge in the 80s already. And apparently I've heard from the stories about the movie being made is that Michael Jackson didn't like it one bit about his voice being imitated that way lmao😂😂😂😂😂😂
6:39 Film Fun Fact: The scene in which Copeland and Blankes had their hair shaved off was already shot at the beginning. The scenes where everyone arrives at the beginning of the film were shot later. Since the two now had shaved hair, they had to wear wigs. 🙂
G.W. Bailey (Harris) was also Staff Sergeant Luther Rizzo on M.A.S.H. and George Gaynes (The Commandant) played Henry Warnimont on Punky Brewster. Both are amazing actors, saddly George Gaynes pasted away in 2016.
I'm really enjoying your reactions, especially the fact, that you never see all these old movies like police academy, ghostbusters, starship troopers or naked gun. Thats so refreshing. These movies were a big part of my childhood and I can still repeat every line from memory. :D So, thanks guys
In the shotgun training scene, notice everyone ducks except Tackleberry. Not because he's crazy, but because he's a gun nut and knows the shotgun can't fire again because a shell hasn't been racked again and therefor he is in no danger. A friend pointed that out to me a while back.
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If you can get to see Michael Winslow at a comicon panel, don't miss it. He can do all that stuff live.
I saw him a few years ago and it was the funniest panel I have ever seen,
He was in two Cheech and Chong movies, before Police Academy. His Jimi Hendrix impression is unbelievable.
And, surprisingly, Led Zeppelin! 😯
I love that when Leslie fires the shotgun and turns it towards everyone, Tackleberry is the only one who doesn’t suck because he hadn’t racked another round yet and he knew it wasn’t a threat. Just a perfect little detail for the gun nut character in my opinion
So Michael Winslow was added into the move extremely late, like they had to shot new scenes to have him be in the movie enough
Winslows character wasn't even in the original script. One of the filmmakers saw him do stand-up and was like "we need this guy" and just kinda jammed him in there. Once you notice that Jones can be taken out and it barely changes the movie its kinda obvious.
That totally makes sense! It's funny because he's one of the most memorable parts of the movie
@@NiceDudeMovieNightoh, definitely but the vast majority of his stuff is just him doing individual bits (like the "video game" thing, or when he gets knocked down the stairs because Fackler is clumsy).
The guy that Hightower rear-ends is actually the director Hugh Wilson since the extra intended to play it was passed out drunk :)
One of the greatest comedy series ever and a classic for a reason! You see, it is not only about the slapstick comedy scenes, it is also about the characters! A brunch of outsiders working hard to reach a goal which they never thought to achieve, everybody with special character traits they can bring in, and they become real friends as the series continues.
Fun fact about Hooks: Bubba Smith (Hightower) said in an interview, that the actress got the loudest voice he ever heard and she really had to hold back for the role 😂
RIP to all actors who passed away, thank you for every time you made me laugh!
The original will always be in my heart. Compared to the other PAs, this one is surely the best.
I'd suggest Airheads, it's a fun comedy with Brendan Fraser, Steve Buscemi and Adam Sandler as a metal band that try to get their single played on a radio station. They're all so young too haha
Marion Ramsey, the actress who played Hooks actually wore padding under her uniform to appear bigger. She was actually pretty attractive in real life. She passed away in 2021 after a short illness.
The theater erupted when she had her moment. Glad to see these young guys react the same.
"All I Know About This Movie Is That Michael Winslow's In It"
There's 7 Police Academy movies, A Police Academy TV Series and A Police Academy Animated Series and Michael Winslow's in all of them, in fact, he's the only actor from the Police Academy franchise to regularly appear in all of the adaptations of the franchise
Bubba Smith (playing Hightower) was an NFL-player (played Defensive End) before he became an actor, in fact he was the 1 overall pick in the 1967 draft and played for 10 seasons and won one super bowl with the Colts (Baltimore).
This is such a classic. Also in my close circle there was a joke that "when you enter the 'Blue Oyster' bar, you DON'T leave until the last waltz..."
Always felt Steve Guttenberg was underrated. Seems a very likable guy too.
Yeah, but his stardom was only made possible by the Stonecutters. 😉
Loved this movie as a kid. Absolute classic. So great watching you guys enjoy this.
That big guy was Bubba Smith who was a Defensive End for the Baltimore Colts, Houston Oilers, and the Oakland Raiders.
The driver who Hightower smashed into was the director.
Ha! That's a fun cameo
@@NiceDudeMovieNight It wasn't originally suppose to be a cameo. The actor hired for that scene was passed out drunk in a trailer when they filmed it.
This is one of many movies me and my group of young teenager friends watched on rented tapes over and over. I can still remember it all today 39 years later. So many of those funny actors are gone now. RIP to them all.
as teenagers you watched it for the comedy?
I used to watch it ALL the time when Blockbuster and co. were still a thing, it´s the first non horror movie franchise i remember that went up to 7 entries and of course Larvel Jones aka Michael Winslow was one of my favorites as a kid! later followed characters like Hightower, Mahoney, Callahan and Tackleberry
Such a great nostalgic feel good movie and great job getting sponsored money now guys!
I remember going to the movies with my dad and seeing this film. I think he took me to a couple of the other sequels too. Such a funny film!!
I am so glad you guys are getting sponsors! Keep up the good work Nice Dude's
Yeah Hightower is a big dude and he was a former football player back in the 70s. I think he was a high draft pick back then. RIP Hightower
Being drafted #1 overall is pretty high ;)
@@grife3000 you are correct he was the number one draft pick and managed to win a super bowl championship💯💯💯👌
23:36 “All roads lead to The Blue Oyster” 😆
The Nice Dudes: "I want More actors like that." "Oh absolutely."
Meanwhile, me: *guitar riffing to Cars- Just What I Needed with voice alone)
I definitely recommend continuing to watch the sequels, just don't go past 4.
You wanted to say: don't go past 6. 5 and 6 are also good. 7 is awful.
They are all fun movies, and the TV show
Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol is my favorite Police Academy movie. So many fond memories. plus Bobcat Goldthwait.
I met Michael Winslow in the 90s. I was working at a pizza restaurant that had a comedy club in it. We had michael as an act one weekend. He came in the kitchen and BSd with us. He was super cool. His show was awsome too.
Aaah man, I loved these movies as a kid. Used to watch them whenever they were on TV. I see now that there were certain parts I did not understand and why my mom was not a fan of her 5 year old watching these with her dad.
Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol is my personal favorite, but most of the whole series is awesome.
Police Academy is such a fun series. I have to say the 2nd (introduction to Zed) and the 4th are probably my top favorites and definitely recommend the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th films in the future.
5 and 6 are decent, with 6th having a few memorable scenes. Which may be partially due to growing up with the 6th film before discovering the others.
I see a few comments about Winslow during a power outage, ironically he does a similar scene in the 6th film.
I saw this movie for the first time in '87 with my old man, rest his soul.
I haven't seen this movie in like 15 years and yet I remember all the names of the characters. It is really one of those classics that they would refuse to make today.
Every time I see one of these videos, I feel like I'm watching a movie with a couple of friends and getting invested into it with eachother
Watch Michael Winslow performing Whole Lotta Love by Led Zeppelin. Trust me on this!
On it!
There's also a killer Jimi Hendrix impression in the 6th movie. He both sounds like him (voice wise) AND his guitar playing.
Ahhhh the memories, good times. Watching you two watch these films is like me and my little brother watching, pissing ourselves laughing and trying the glue shampoo trick , just we were 30 years ago. Man im getting old and it sucks. Anyway thanks for making me feel like a kid again for 5 mins. 😂
3:25 In the movie "ferris bueller day off", there is a homage to "Police Academy" based on this scene.
The really tall guy(Hightower) is former NFL defensive lineman Bubba Smith.
So that my first comment won't get its heart taken down, I wholeheartedly agree that we need jack-of-all-trades actors and actresses. Interestingly, there was a pilot for a show that showcased an actors hidden talents (basically AGT but celebrity-biased), but it was cancelled.
I wish they still made movies like they did back in the day …. All these awesome movies you react to …. I grew up watching…. Seen them all in theatres…
I can't believe how much your guys's channel has grown I subscribed to you guys when you guys only had 3,000 subscribers!
Did you notice when Barber swung around with the gun and everyone ducks away scared to be shot next, that Tackle berry was the only person who didn't duck out of the path of the gun? This is because as a gun but he knows the gun can't fire again until another round is chambered by pumping the barrel. Something that Barber didn't do
Huge chunks of this and the series were filmed in Toronto. I've been to the bar that stood in as The Blue Oyster, the Riot breaking out where the mob chases after the first guy going down the street, that's Kensington Market.
Other scenes filmed in other locations. Like the Old Zoo in Part 2, no idea where that was filmed.
Man, I'm soo jealous of you guys. To be able to see this movie for the first time :) And how have you not seen Police Academy is mindblowing :D
3:20 “She should be in the Police academy.” Keep watching the series, my friends. 😅
14:01 Everyone takes cover. Except Tackleberry. 😄
If you notice during the shotgun scene, Tackleberry is the only one who doesn't duck, because he knows the gun hasn't been cocked to load in a new round.
Been a while since Ive clicked on a reaction this fast 😜 LOVE that you guys are doing Police Academy
I love how the gun expert doesn't duck when the guy turns with the shotgun.
My dad's friend was kinda like Winslow, but he's limited to musical instrument sounds. Everytime his friends were playing guitar he joined in with a 'fake' harmonica and it was really good too XD
Oh wow funny, same day and same reaction as Mary Cherry. Loved this movie as a kid btw. Still fun. I think I actually liked some of the sequels even more.
Yeah I saw that 😂 great minds think alike sometimes!
Hightower was played by Bubba Smith, who was a football player for Michigan state before going pro. My sister actually dated him in college.
Fun fact: when Barbara accidentally fires his shotgun during training , tackleberry is the only one that doesn't duck because being the gun enthusiast that he is knows that he never cooked the shotgun again and there is no round in the chamber and unable to fire another shot.
Great reaction i love the Police Academy movies. I was born in 1980 i first saw this when i was 7, and i loved the following 5 sequels which came out each year after showing how many of the characters develop. The less said about the final film the better lol, the only good thing i can say is that the 5 regulars in that one did okay, but it needed more rather than relying on so many new characters.
Michael Winslow also had picked his handcuffs that were supposed to have him secured to the chair when he’s introduced.
We watched Police Academy alot when we were kids in the ‘80s. It was a very popular movie, also one that spawned many sequels that got progressively worse per usual in the ‘80s.
Omg yesss I can't believe you guys are watching one of my favorite franchises of all time, all the characters are so funny and unique! I watch it at least once a year. Yayy! My Monday just got a heck of a lot better! I'm so glad you enjoyed it! Please watch the 2nd and the 3rd one and I'd say the 4th one too! They are hilarious too! (Just watch the 5th one too lol)
Hightower was played by former NFL football player Bubba. He played for the Colts, Raiders, and Oilers over his career. Smith (rip Bubba)
2:21. A masterclass of what not to shout whilst on the phone to your boss.
I love how even though Lassard is typically sort of bumbling and clueless, he's got his moments. Perfect fit with the recruits. The part about him pondering over saving Harris is him acknowledging how much of a jerk Harris is. The rest of the series has plenty of fun moments. The movies are really good for movie night movies.
As some other commenters point out, the Cannonball Run movies might be something you can have fun with. Parts 1 and 2. Bonus features there is the opening theme is sung by Ray Stevens, it is somewhat based on the real race, and the first movie was Jackie Chan's first American movie.
one of my favorite little bits is at 14:00 when he turns around with the shotgun, the only one who doesn't duck is the gun nut who knows you have to pump the shotgun before it can fire again
One of my favorite comedies . I grew up watching them with my cousins and we always had a blast. You guys should do at least the first 4 movies. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽great video like always 😊😊
Just throwing it out there, the ad read transitions recently have been so fluent, it’s insane
The recurring gag of the blue oyster cult bar through out the movies is great
The song in The Blue Oyster Bar is the 1975 song "El Bimbo" by Gigliola Cinquettio. In traditional Italian "el bimbo" is a diminutive form of "el bambino" which means "little boy". I will leave it to your imagination how that term applies to the two rookies who stumble into that bar, twice. As I recall, 'The Boys' in Atlanta found this scene hilarious in the Eighties. They had a bad history with cops hassling their bars. I've been in a couple of leather bars, back then, as a hetero tag-along: This scene is only somewhat exaggerated.
The Man With Two Brains and Fatal Instinct are two huge comedies that still hold up today.
If anyone notices the bit with the wife jumping over the fences, Simon peg did the same thing in his cornetto trilogy it was hilarious
The Commandant is George Gaynes, you can see him in Mel Brooks' To Be Or Not To Be, one of my favorites.
I’m continually amazed by the movies you guys haven’t seen.
Police Academy is fascinating as a FRANCHISE because the box office and budget for each film follows a perfect curve. They made the first 6 of these /annually/ every March through the 80s...and then they went on to have almost no relevence.
This brings back so many memories. Used to watch this on VHS.
I hope you watch all of them :)
They're not equals, but they all contains something that makes me laugh a lot. A very good series
It's hard to believe this series hasn't been rebooted yet! Maybe it's for the best. This was on TV all the time in the 90s they even had an animated series. The movies vary in quality but I have fond memories nonetheles!
Don't give them ideas… you silence ! 🤫
The Blue Oyster bar was such a hit it became a running gag in the sequels 😁
at 14:02, while all of the other officers ducked in fear that he would shoot again, the commanding officer did not duck for cover, because, when you think about this, the trainee with the shotgun did not pump the handle. even if he pulled the trigger again, it would not fire a shell, because the a new shell had yet to be loaded.
while the personality of the commanding offer character is aggressive and him standing in defiance to the trainee is part of that character, it also reflects that he was the only one who knew the gun wasn't loaded